Man charged with neglecting eight pit bulls

CENTRAL ISLIP, NEW YORK -- A New York man is facing eight counts of animal cruelty charges after investigators say they discovered seven neglected adult pit bulls and one puppy living outdoors and covered in feces.

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Posted May. 3, 2014 at 6:06 PM
Updated May 3, 2014 at 6:08 PM

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted May. 3, 2014 at 6:06 PM
Updated May 3, 2014 at 6:08 PM

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CENTRAL ISLIP, NEW YORK -- A New York man is facing eight counts of animal cruelty charges after investigators say they discovered seven neglected adult pit bulls and one puppy living outdoors and covered in feces.

Suffolk County SPCA Chief Roy Gross says Saturday that some of Harry Tommy Patrick's dogs were suffering from Lyme disease, anemia and had ear infections. He says others had sores on their paws which were caked in excrement.

He says one investigator described the pen where the dogs were recovered Thursday in Central Islip (EYE'-slihp) as smelling like a cesspool.

It wasn't immediately clear if Patrick had an attorney. A message left for the 53-year-old Long Island man wasn't returned Saturday.

Gross says the dogs were treated by veterinarians. He says they're now at an animal shelter.